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 xvm CASPAR NETSCHER 155 21. Jupiter discovering the Nymph Antiope. She is seen from the back, reclining on a couch. Very delicately and carefully painted. Canvas on panel, 8 inches by 1 1 inches. Sale. P. J. de Jariges, Amsterdam, October 14, 1772, No. 22 (160 florins, Odon). 22. THE OFFERING TO VENUS. Sm. 57. In the centre foreground, a young woman, turned to the left, kneels before a statue of Venus. She wears a white silk gown with a golden yellow scarf; her hands are crossed on her breast. Behind her to the right another woman, in a red dress, brings two white doves in a basket. Behind the kneeling woman, in the left middle distance, is a satyr beside a column. In the distance is a wooded landscape with indistinct figures. "Spirited and delightfully painted " (Sm.). Panel, 17 inches by 14 inches. In the Uffizi, Florence, 1910 catalogue, No. 949 ; it was there in 1833 (Sm., who valued it at ^210). 23. NYMPHS ADORNING WITH FLOWERS THE STATUE OF VENUS AND CUPID. Sm. 34. Three nymphs bring garlands of flowers and other offerings to a statue of Venus and Cupid. In the background are two satyrs and a woman. [The statue is to the right, with a golden ewer on the foot of the pedestal. The fore- most nymph, in a reddish orange robe, rests her hands with a garland on the altar. Behind her stands another nymph, in blue and gold drapery, turned to the front. To the left the third nymph, in light blue and white, kneels holding a golden vase. Behind, and between, the second and third nymphs is seen the head of a satyr. In the left middle distance a satyr is seated, embracing a kneeling nymph. Behind them is a statue of Apollo. In the right middle distance is a colossal vase, with trees. There are more trees in the distance, with a patch of blue sky to the left. Translator.'] Signed in full, and dated 1670 ; canvas, 20 inches by 16^ inches. A replica, signed in full, is in the Trimolet Museum, Dijon, 1883 catalogue, No. 61. Pictures answering to the above description and possibly identical with this picture were in the following Sales. E. van Dishoek, The Hague, June 9, 1745 (Hoet, ii. 173), No. 68 (54 florins, bought in). E. van Dishoek, Amsterdam, November 6, 1749 (Hoet, ii. 277), No. 1 6 but No. 17 of the original catalogue (64 florins, Beukelaar). Amsterdam, December 5, 1785, No. 61 (26 florins 10) said to be on panel. J. C. Werther, Amsterdam, April 25, 1792, No. 109. Engraved by Le Mire in the Orleans Gallery. Imported into England, 1798. Sales. Edward Lake, London, 1845 ; bought by the dealer Smith, who sold it to Douglas Alston (for 120). Douglas Alston, Glasgow, 1847 (26 : 53., M'Lellan).